article Микоян-Гуревич MG-21 Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF)More Features The kit consists of over 170 parts, includes 8 clean parts– fuselage & wing with fine etched panel lines– detailed cockpitThe kit is excellent in …
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article FG-1A Corsair “94” NX69900 Lucky Gallon”Built as FG-1A by Goodyear.Received Strength/Charge with the United States Navy as BuNo 13481.History12 August 1946To Cook Cleland Air Service/Cook Cleland, Willoughby, OH with new c/r N69900.To Cook Cleland, …
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article Goodyear F2G-1 Super CorsairThe apparent capability of the Corsair meant that there was interest in exploring how far the design could be pushed. Vought, as already mentioned, was fully occupied with existing work and …
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article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super CorsairIn March 1944, Pratt Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft to evaluate their new P&W R-4360,28 engine. Vought shipped an F4U-1, BuNo 02460 (Birdcage Canopy) to see if the …
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article Boeing B–29 SuperfortressA series of historical images of the legendary Boeing B-29 Superfortress during WW2, depicting its life at the Pacific resort.Although it bore the “Superfortress” tag, a nod to another game-changer, the B-17, which was …
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article F-16D BLOCK 52+AdvancedThe conversion of TAMIYA’s F 16C to the F-16D version was not a simple matter. I bought the F-16D 1/48 KINETIC kit and kept the top fairing piece as it matched the …
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article Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Engine study scaledR-2800 WASP ENGINE DOUBLEThe Double Wasp, an 18-cylinder, 2,800 cubic centimeter radial engineTechnical Specifications: 2,804 Cubic Centimeters• Speed Per Minute: 2,250-2,800• Weight: 2,360 pounds• First Execution: 1937• First …
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article SEA COWSometimes when an airplane doesn’t perform as expected, it falls outside the specifications for which it was designed and ends up getting weird or even derogatory nicknames. Seamew also belonged to this category. …
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article XF6F-1 HellcatFollowing the early experience of the US Navy in the Pacific during the early months of World War II and in consultation with Allied forces on the European front, Grumman began developing the …
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article Japanese Zero WreckAny self-respecting modeller. You have to creatively destroy a kit at some point, In this article I will try to help you give it a different look, playing with the weather conditions. …